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I agree that taking it out and monkeying with it could easily stop the noise for a while. You know that axle is bad so you are doing the right thing by replacing it now
Since it is most prominent in forward gear, I thought first about u-joints in the driveshaft. And second, the carrier bearing in the driveshaft. I'd start there. work downstream toward the hub contraption.